Snow Skills

Here’s a suggestion to build on that is to allow a little more ‘anticipation’ by separating your upper and lower body more.

Try this. Standing upright in on a hard surface with a hip width stance, look straight ahead and now bend at the waist and try to touch your forehead straight down to your right knee. Feel the crunch in your abs at the right side of your body.

Now, from the standing upright position, first twist your torso to the right a few degrees so your chin is aligned with your knee and now bend at the waist and try to touch your forehead to your right knee. You’ll feel the crunch in your abs in the middle of your stomach. The second way’s easier, right? And has more range of motion.

The first way, your shoulders were square to your hips and feet. The second way, your shoulders and hips were ‘anticipated’ in that they weren’t square to the feet.

On snow, let the slight twist develop from the gravity point (where the skis are facing straight down the hill) to the end of the turn. From the photo, you’re bending in a positive way at the waist; try applying that bend just a bit more down the hill (toward the outside of the turn). You’ll find more balance and better grip right through the turn.